Variable-speed drive for cigarette machines and the like



June 24, 1930. w. a SRONANDER VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE FOR CIIJARETTEI MACHINES AND TF5 LAKE Fi 1 (er! ATTOPNEY June 24, 1930 w. BRONANDER 3 5 E MACHINES AND THE LlKE VAPUABLE SPEED DRIVE FOB ("lGARETT m ENTOR TTORNEY Patented June 24, 1930 witnntm Bl BRONANDER,5OF iuonrc zem, NEW JERSEY; ASSIGNOR mo mvinnrorin MACHINE & rounnny cor/many, A CORPORATION or new JERSEY VARIABLE-SPEED nnivn ron CIGARETTE ivmcnmns AND TI-IE LIKE Application filed October 22, 1929. Serial No. 401,499.

This invention relates to improvements in' variable drives for automatic mach nes such as cigarette mach nes and thelike, and par ticularly to planetary gear drives, designed to enable an operator to start the nachme at a low. speed and run it at gthaif speed untili all Working parts have been properly adjusted, and then enable him to change to the higher normal running speed, smoothly,

Without disturbing the adjustments. 7

Most multi-speed transmissions, including th'e planetary type, ,go through neut-ral,? i. e. a position in which there is no transmission; of'power, between one speed ua o e at e P ane a y yp 1 which change of ,speedis accomplished by selectively holding-the; master, gear. stat1on-' ary,1,.or'making it fast tothe driving mem-. her, this neutral position isdue to the fact i that it e e sa yoiloe eatm b e d which holds the gear; stationary before. fully.

I engaging the clutchtwhioh makes the gear fast tothe drivingniember; When thus released', the gear tends to; go 111 a' d rection reverseto that of thedriving member, pen mittingthemachine to slow up so that ithere is ,a considerablej ar or; unduly quick accelg ,eration--when the machine is thrown ntov normal high speed'operation. I t

The" main object of the invention isto avoid this slippageor interruption ofpower transmission between speeds. Another object to providea simple and rugged multlspeed-transmission for automat c machines which will give, satisfactory results-1' even despite careless handling.

-lVith theseiand ther 7, objects not f specifi} 'c'ally mentioned in view, theinyention consists in certain, constructions and bi g;

tions which will' be hereinafter fullyfdescrib'ed and thenmore; particularly pointed out inithe claims hereunto appende I -Accordingly, in carrying the invention effect, ,there'is provided'in combination with the master gear of a planetar-y transm ssion designed to be selectively held mmove ableror' connectedvto a driving nember to changespeeds, meansactingon said gear to prevent-slippage between the membersdur ingsaid changeof speeds, ,in; order to pre-" the master gear.

sion, such as an automatic machine,'- from this means will include a ratchet and pawl losing speed duringgarfshifting, and thus p increasingtheshock of changing from onev 7 speed to another. In the best constructions,

for preventing movement of the master gear in a directionreverse to that of the driving member. The means referred. to may be widely varied in construction Within the scope of the'claims, for the particular de-' vice selected to illustrate the invention is ments of the same; The invention, there? fore, 1s not to be restricted to, the'precise' details of thestructureshown and described.

In the accompanying drawings in which but one of many possible concrete embodi-.. I i

like characters of, reference. indicate. j

same'or like parts: I --.Fig. 1 is a sectional side'gelevation, with structed V in accordance with the invention;

of Figl; I y Fig. 3 is a detail endfliele'vation ofqthe drive seen from line 3 3-ofFig. 1; and

Fig; 4c is a detail end View 'taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the ratchet and pawl for preventing reverse movementof Referring to the drawings, a drive man-f ber consisting of a motordrive shaft5supf portedby a ball bearing 6 in frame 71 of the; machine loosely carries the end cover 8 of the master-gear drum 9, A bushing 10 rotatable on shaft5 is fitted into thehub of. cover 8. ;A driven member 11, which in this case is the main shaft of the cigarette-ma;- chine, is supported vbyfa ball bearing 12, mounted in a frame 7 and held against-a shoulder of shaft ll'by a nut 13, and carries a sleeve 14: fixed to saidshaft, which sleeve projects beyond the end of; the shaft, andby means of, a roller bearing 1 5,sup ports the" end 160i the shaft 5. w 1 f A roller bearing 17 on the shaft 5 carries a.,dislr18,which, at diametrically opposite,

. 70 certaln parts broken away, of a'dr ve conr 40has anarin' 43 on which'is p-ivoted a rod flange 22 f the sleeve 14; The planet gears 21 are in mesh with a sun gear 23, fast on the shaft 5, and with the master gear 24,

integral with the drum 9, 6 hubofwhich fits looselyon sleeve is. I

To-the ,drum-"coverj 8 is attachedclutch disk 27 having friction layers 28,the whole serving asjone member of a friction clutch, the other nember of which isforn ied by a disk 29 attached to shaft '5,i'and by a disk 1 ringI30gslidably'"carried bythe hub of disk.

29 and operable axially by a clutch shift.-

1 ing device, disengagement of which from .which press agalnst said disk r1ng30.

The clutch shiftig deviceconsists of a by :lugs of'. a collar 34. adjustably fastened to the hub of disk .29, and connected by flinks35 with the shiftslee-veBt slidabl e on shaft-; The end of a pinv 37 resiliently mounted in collar 34 registers with holes "36, which revolves withshaft 5, turns in.

drilled into disk ring and serves'to lock collar 34 in anyadjusted position-.1 Sleeve the stationary grooved ring 38 which engages the studs 39 carried by the forked lever suitable material. One end of this brake band isfastenedto a'splate 47. pivoted on 40' mounted on shaftel' supported'by bearingg42i of the machine frame. The lever 44 actuated by a' controlvhandle convenientl y-l oca-ted on the'machine. j V 3 r ,The mastergearfdrum 9 has a peripheral recess into which is fitted a brake band 45 having a 'frictionflining 2&6 of felt or other stud gt8' carried by abracket 49.2LfllX6Cl' to attachedto a block Figs. -2 and 3, slidable in-a bracket '51 on-frame 7, and pressed by asp-ring 52 guided by a fixed rod 53 against a controlbar5t sli-dablyheld by plates 55in a groove of braeket 49;; On the controlt bar 54; is inountedf a. bracket 56 wfyhichis pivotally'con'necte'd by a rod 57 v with a lug 58-ofthechitchshifter lever 40.

The slidebar hasa notch 59' with tapered.

side surfaces into which fits, f with suitable clearance, the tapered end of block 50; i

The notch 59 is so positioned in slide- 54 that in' the neutral position'of the clutch I shifter, corresponding to-"the dotted position Ngof slide 54, in1Fig; 2', the end: of block '50 rests on'the' high portionof slide onone side of notch 59, thus compress- Z ng spring 52 and releasing brake band 45,

so thatth'ej master gear 9 is freeto turn. As theclutch shifter is advanced'into low, therod 57'1noves'slide54 in the direction ofthe arrow into position 'L in which the end of block '50 registers with, and enters into, notch 59, thereby locking the brake bandl5 on housing 9.." By further advancing the shifter into high, the slide'54 is carried by rod 57 into the full'line position H, in which the end :of 'block5 0'vre'sts on thehigh portion of slide -54L on the other side of notch59, the taper of the notch'having engaged withthe taper of block 50 and out of the notch, thus releasing the brake 'compressedspring 52 by lifting the. block 7 bandat the same time the clutch 27, 28, 29,;

30 is engaged, in such a manner that theaction of the clutch overcomes rather than follows the action of the hand without free I ing the master gear.

To the master gear drum 9 isattached a ratchet 60 adapted to be engaged by a pawl 61 .which' is pivoted on stud 62 'of bracket 49 and urged in engagement withthe pawt by a spring 63 hooked to a bar 6l attached to bracket 51'. The pawl 61' has a pointed extension 65' which engages with a notched block 66 fastenedto control bar 5% in such a position" that the extension 65 rests in the notch and thereby all-owsthe spring '63 to hold thepawlin engagement with the ratchet from the tiinethebrake band begins torelease on operating the I clutch shifter from low to high speed until 7 At all other times through engagement of the highparts of the block to'either side of thenotch the clutch is in full engagement.

with said extension, the pawl is held-dis- T engaged from the ratchet preventing oper I ation of the pawl except .when needed.

Thus operation of the gear sh'ift'centrol element 54L governs, through block 66 the operation of the ratchet A Referring, now totheoperation of the d'evice shown, in the disengaged position of.

the clutch with the brake band released from the gear housing, as; is the case with the clutch shifter 'in' neutral v position, the motion from shaft 5-"is transmitted bythe V sun gear 2'3 through the planet gears 21 to" the master gear 24, causinglthe' latter to re volve the reverse directionwhile the axes of the planet gears, themselves, IBIHHJHStiL- tionary owing to the resistance to rotation of shaft 11, the latter thus remaining at rest. I flew, with the clutch stilldisengaged, but

from shaft 5 is transmitted by the sun gear of the latter to travel around the master gear 24 of the then'stationary housing 9,

pins 19; and rotating the shaft 11 in the same direction as shaft 5 at aspeed reduced from that of sha ft 5 in the ratio" of-thepi-tch diameters of the housing gear andthe sun gear. By shifting the clutch into engage-.

By ;moving the I clutch, shifter into 1 23 to the planet gears 21, causing the axesthereby drivingsleeve let by means of the inent (as shown'by the-arrows in Fig. 1% x which as described above, releases the brake band from the master gear and during said' shift calls'into' operation the anti-slip'pawl with the brake, band locked, the motion 61, a direct coupling between the two shafts is established through the clutch members," master gear drum, master gear, and planetary gear system, the sun,master and planet gears revolving as a unit, bringingthe machine into high speed operation :without passing through neutral. p

What is claimed is: Y a 1 1. The combination with a planetary gear transmission for connecting driving an driven members, includinga master gear designed to be selectively held immovable or connected to the driving member to change speeds, of means acting on said gear to prevent slippage between the members during said change of speeds only, and" movable means actuating said last named means.

2. The combination with a planeta'ryfgear transmission for connecting. driving and driven members, including a master gear designed to be selectively held immovableor connected to the driving member tochange speeds, of meansacting on said gear to prevent slippage between the, members during said change of speeds only,"said means including mechanism preventing movement of said gear in a direction reverse to that of the drivingmember, and movable means actuating saidlast named means.

3. The combination with a planetary gear transmission 'for connecting driving and driven member s, including- Va master gear designed to be selectively held immovable or connected to the driving member to change speeds,of means acting on said gear to prevent slippage between the members during said change of speeds, saidmeans including a ratchet andfpawl for preventing movement of said gear in a, direction reverse to that of the driving member, and movable means controlling said lastnamed means. 1 Y

4. The combination with a'planetary gear transmission for connecting driving and driven members, including a master gear designed to be selectively held immovable or connected to the driving member to change speeds, of means acting on said gear toprevent slippage between the members during said change of speeds, said means including a ratchet and pawl to prevent movement of said gear in a direction reverse to that of the driving member,'mechanism for controlling the change of-speeds, and a de vice operated by said mechanism governing the operation of said ratchet and pawl.

In testimony whereof," I have signed my name to this. specification.

WILHELM ts. BRONAND'ER- 

